Week 22, May 29 – June 4, 2022

2021 -2022 Week 22, May 29 – June 4, 2022 Department of Health and Community Services Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Respiratory Weekly Highlights In week 22, there were 45 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza and 1 hospitalization (Table 1). [...] Approximately 65% (181 of 278) of cases were less than 45 years of age (Figure 3). [...] Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Table 1: Number of positive influenza cases in NL, by severity, week 22, 2021-2022 season Cases Hospitalizations ICU Admissions Deaths Week 45 1 0 0 Total 278 16 0 0 Community Hosp ICU Deaths 5-year average 90 80 70 60 Current Week 50 40 30 20 10 0 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 Report Week Figure 1: Number of cases, hospitalizat. [...] *Excludes novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV 2021- 2022 Seaso n Publ ish ed June 10, 2022 3 Percent ILI Number of Outbreaks September October November December January February March April May June July August Respiratory Weekly Week 22 Other Respiratory Viruses Table 2: Weekly and total number of positive respiratory virus specimens in NL, by type, 2021-2022 season Week 22 Total R. [...] HealthLine Eastern Health Central Health Western Health Labrador-Grenfell Health Unknown\Declined\NA 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Report Week Figure 6: Number of influenza-like-illness HealthLine calls by week and RHA, NL, 2021-2022 season Resources and Disclaimer Provincial influenza statistics: HealthLine phone num.